Experiencing Oneness Like Never Before

My husband and I have found a complete spiritual breakthrough and are experiencing a oneness that we have never experienced in our 22 years of marriage. We have been in ATI since 1994 and my husband is the head of our Family Support Network group that meets in Salem, OR, yet was resisting the grace of God in his life to overcome the attacks of Satan. Now, he understands his identity in Christ in such a real and meaningful way. We experienced such a time of cleansing and forgiveness on Saturday. God’s goodness is now overwhelming our whole family and me. We had the opportunity to have breakfast Sunday with Chris and Anne and went on a walk with them through the woods and God spoke so clearly to us through them and the testimony of their lives. It was wonderful to have those 2 hours with them before they had to leave. My husband and I had all day Sunday to drive home and spent so much of the time reading the Word and praying and confessing and asking God for more revelation and strength. Then this morning he called of the children together for a time of confessing a praying and the children forgiving him and us for not having the marriage that God wants for us. We have a new energy and excitement that I haven’t experienced for a long time. We praise God for his goodness and how his truth and mercy can conquer sin and evil and we can be victorious!

Making Progress 2 Weeks After the Conference

Chris, Thank you so much for the impact that you and Anne have had on our lives. Almost 2 weeks, and we’re still doing great! We’ve had many opportunities to continue growing in Christ and growing in our oneness with each other. We have been doing spiritual warfare and it’s sometimes hard, but the victory and hope we feel is definitely worth it! God has sent other couples into our path already to minister to and Phil has had the opportunity to talk to each of the children and is making a lot of progress in relationships there as well. Thank you so much for caring about us. Your willingness to share your lives and what you have learned has been a great blessing in our lives.

 —Sherri Janzen

Great Tools, Great Opportunity to Grow

Tish and I have attended seminars over the course of our 22 years of marriage. We value the opportunity to grow in our marriage and are always looking for tools and resources to help other couples grow in their marriages as well. The Noble Partners Marriage conference excels on both accounts. Chris and Anne Hogan teach with a contagious passion for God’s Truth and with power that only comes from lives that are daily being transformed by what they teach. You won’t regret any sacrifice you have to make to attend!

 —Ron and Trish Glendening, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Lasting Changes

It’s been over a month now and the changes are lasting. We have genuine intimacy and are experiencing spiritual victory as we intercede for our family and others as a united couple. Our hope and vision for our marriage and children has been resurrected and we are excited to see what God is going to do!

 —Wife from Virginia

Biblical, Practical, Enthusiastic

The Marriage Conference with Chris and Anne Hogan was a spiritual high-water mark. The presentations were biblical, practical and enthusiastic. Two of the sessions were particularly impacting, the Courageous Conversations That Resolve Your Most Pressing Issues’ and ‘Developing a Blessing Identity Statement.’ We were also blessed by the transparency and availability of Chris and Anne throughout the conference… The schedule provided enjoyable time for fellowship with the other couples as well as time for just us as a couple. It will be one the most rewarding investments you could make in your marriage."

 —Larry Randall, Director of Counseling Ministries, Birchman Baptist Church

I Discovered My Identity in Christ

I would just like to say to both of you that I saw true care and concern in your eyes for all the couples that were there. Maybe that’s what makes your ministry so powerful. No one was made to feel unimportant. This conference was truly a blessing. The most significant thing I was reminded of was my identity in Christ. When we look to Christ in each other (Christ in us the hope of glory) there is always hope.

 —Wife from Louisiana

Communicating our Greatest Needs

At the marriage enrichment conference we were driven full-speed ahead through many wonderful truths about ourselves, our relationship with Christ, and our marriages. We began to see and understand what Christ wanted to do and be in us, by His great power. We began to understand that problems are solved through communication and that this must be done in a “safe” way. Chris Hogan shared with us how to determine our own greatest needs in our marriage and how to communicate to our spouses what these were in a loving, non-threatening, non-demanding way.

 —Wife from Texas

Working Together for the First Time

For the first time in our marriage, we are working together and resolving conflict as it surfaces. We have intimacy for the first time.

 —Wife from Texas

I Changed My Mind About Divorce

I had announced to my husband three weeks before the conference that I was divorcing him. The thought of staying in an emotionally empty marriage for another 29 years was not what I had in mind for my life. Your conference on marriage communication, understanding the needs of your spouse, and the blessing, really woke my husband up. You helped to break the final strongholds that were preventing us from experiencing a whole marriage.

 —Wife from Maryland

Courageous Conversations Resolve Real Issues

The courageous conversation exercise has been the one tool that has done more for us in helping us get to real issues and pursue each other’s hearts. Through that tool we find ourselves moving toward each other and separating out the issues in a clearer way than ever before.

 —Husband from Florida

Marriage Has Never Been Better

My wife was getting more desperate after 7 years of trying to resolve festering issues that I couldn’t grasp or resolve. In desperation a day before the conference, I booked airline tickets to attend the conference. The training and the Courageous Conversations that we had that weekend, particularly with “conversation coaches” made all the difference for our marriage, which after 17 years, has never been better!

 —Husband from Idaho

Gained Hope for Resolving Pressing Issues

My wife and I came this past week with a number of pressing issues that were creating tremendous stress for both of us. We were in need of a way to work through these issues without getting defensive. I believe that through the coaching process we were able to gain some real hope for building a great marriage – something we both really want, but could not see as really possible.

 —Husband from North Carolina

Feasting on the Deep Insights Shared

At first, I have to admit, I was not to excited about going to another marriage conference. We’ve attended so many and although I learned things I always felt there was a shallowness in the teaching. Praise God, this was not the case for this marriage conference. We are still feasting on the wonderful insight and deeper understanding we gleaned from you.

 —Wife from Virginia

Found Solution for Understanding My Wife

We have been married for 27 years. The major mistake that I made over all these years is when my wife got upset and/or shutdown in communication, I would go away and leave her alone. Sometimes I went away because I didn’t like the conflict; sometimes because I was upset; and sometimes I went away thinking she needed to have space. But I learned at the conference that this is the time she needs me to stay with her the most. I need to continue to pursue knowing her feelings and her heart. The last thing I should do is to leave her in the ‘ocean of emotion’ and abandon her. I have made the commitment to change and may God have grace on me so I can die to myself and do what I ought to.

 —Chinese Husband

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We Could Identify

Also, having 8 children ages 12 down to 1, the stories you shared about your marriage and children were so encouraging to us. In fact, we could just picture in our minds those very same things happening in our home. We were encouraged to know that you all had gone through some of the same exact things that we are experiencing. Immediately, when you were talking about how some husbands and wives communicate, we could relate. You know, the wife wondering if the husband is really listening. Or, is he alive? I’ve told my husband several times that I might as well be talking to a dead person. He “tunes me out”. On the other hand, I understood how my “continual dripping” has sent him into the corner of the house. He has retreated and feels unsafe to talk or respond."

 —Thanks, a Wife from Virginia

Experienced the Love and Power of God

“We realized that through the busyness of life and other things, we had lost our desire for complete oneness. To desire it is to aim for it. Now we have new goals for our marriage and family. I also experienced the love and power of Almighty God for me at this conference. My focus had gotten off and self pity plus a critical spirit had cut off the power of the Holy Spirit in my life. I feel like I have come out of a fog and can see things more clearly and I feel free again.”

 —Sincerely a Wife from Louisiana

The Power of the Blessing Statement

“The greatest impact came when Mr. Hogan began counseling with my husband and me on our ‘blessing identity statements.’ This is a blessing statement written by oneself with which a spouse may give a blessing. For me, the exercise was fairly easy. I knew what the Lord had planted on my heart for how He would have me to be as a wife and mother. The problem I encountered was truly believing the blessing once I had written it. Mr. Hogan spent a long time, very late at night, with my husband and me working on these blessing statements. For me, I had to come to grips with how I was seeing myself – that there is no good thing in my flesh, and that being the Proverbs 31, Titus 2, or I Peter 3 woman was a desire of the Lord for me, but that this would be worked out by Him in me. I had tried and tried and tried to accomplish such godliness in my own strength and failed miserably. Then, the enemy would attack – ‘you are a terrible mother, a terrible wife, you’ll never get this right.’ I have now learned that, no, I will never get it right. But Christ Himself can be trusted to complete the work He has begun in me. My job is to be willing and obedient. This has been very freeing to me. Each morning, my husband now reads this blessing to me and it reminds me that it is all of Christ, and none of me. I still fail and walk in the flesh, but the Spirit is quick to remind me of what I need to do to correct this.

“After he helped me understand this, Mr. Hogan turned to my husband. What was discovered was that the reason my husband couldn’t really construct a real ‘identity statement’ was because his identity was in his work, not in Christ. His priorities were very wrong, and Mr. Hogan, as a loving brother in Christ, brought my husband to the place of seeing that he was at a crossroads and needed to make a decision. My husband spent the night in prayer, weeping, and repentance. In the morning he shared with me that it wasn’t his particular job or his profession that was the real problem, but his priorities, beginning with his relationship with the Lord. He read his new identity statement, as directed by the Lord, and it brought tears to my eyes. My husband had begun to see himself as the shepherd of our family! He desired to lead us in paths of righteousness and restore our souls by allowing God to work His will in him. Wow!”

 —Gayle Furlong

Inspired by Many Things

“The things we learned at the conference that made the biggest impact on our marriage were:

• ‘Christ in you’ – the power comes from Christ, not myself. I recognize that there are problems and weaknesses in the flesh, but see beyond them to the reality of Christ in me.
• The identity statement is practical and I think it will be effective. Laura and I have been blessing each other with our statements each morning so far.
• The burning “Yes” that teaches me to say “No” to many things.
• I was inspired by seeing Christ in Chris and Anne. I was inspired to see Chris following his calling in this ministry -the time flew by. When Eric Liddell ran, he felt God’s pleasure; when Chris presented his material, I felt God’s pleasure; God was working through Chris. I was blessed to see how the Word of God was written in Anne’s heart as she counseled my wife and am inspired to memorize and meditate on it, so that God can write it in my heart and mind as well. I was also blessed to see how she is teaching her children the Word of God."

 —Brian and Laura

I Received God’s Grace to Respect My Husband

“Cam and I have been able to have courageous conversation with success. We are now sensitive to each other’s moods and emotional needs. God has given me the grace to respect Cam from my heart. God has enabled me to see Cam’s efforts in our marriage and show him gratefulness. For the first time in our marriage, we are working together and resolving conflict as it surfaces. We have intimacy for the first time. I am grateful for these first times. I am also reading, “Created to be His Help Meet”. It is very beneficial in teaching how to be the wife God intended. I was so refreshed from the conference and all that was accomplished that I was open to begin reading the book and willing to follow the teaching. I am reading it very slow to be able to put into practice everything it suggests and am not far into it. From the beginning it has been beneficial."

Practical Tools

A couple from New Zealand answered:
What is the one thing that made all the difference for us?

• Being provided with a practical tool that has the potential to help. The tools also address what to do if you go wrong (correction).
• The tools were supported by examples that you acted out in front of the group.
• We have learned a process we can apply.